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DUBAI - Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Wednesday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy.
INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL
* GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks fall, bond yields rise as investors brace for possible Democrat triumph in Georgia
* Brent oil rises to highest since February after Saudi Arabia output cut
* MIDEAST STOCKS-Qatar leads broader gains on breakthrough in Arab rift
* PRECIOUS-Gold eases as dollar gains on 'knife-edge' Georgia race
* From embargo to embrace, Saudi Arabia pushes Gulf detente
* Saudi offers extra cut as OPEC+ agrees oil output rollover
* Gulf economy gets a boost from healing of Saudi-Qatar rift
* U.S. hits Iran with fresh sanctions as Trump term nears end
* Iran tests drones in military exercise
* Iran denies seized Korean ship and crew are being held as hostages
* U.N. envoy plans trip to Yemen and Saudi Arabia after Aden attack
EGYPT
* Egypt sends envoy to Gulf summit amid apparent thaw with Qatar
SAUDI ARABIA
* Red Sea Development Co Appoints daa International To Manage Red Sea Project’s Airport
* Apicorp Extends To ACWA Power $125 Mln Murabaha Facility
* Network International replaces CEO with MasterCard executive Mer
* Dubai's Emirates NBD hires banks for bond deal - document
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* Network International replaces CEO with MasterCard executive Mer
* Dubai's Emirates NBD hires banks for bond deal - document
KUWAIT
* Kuwait's Munshaat Real Estate Projects Renews Credit Facilities With Local Bank
BAHRAIN
* Bahrain economy shrank by 6.9% in Q3 - statement
(Compiled by Dubai newsroom) ((dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com))